Intention to leave and associated factors among health professionals working at public hospitals in East Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia, cross-sectional study

Abstract

The health professionals' intention to leave their working organizations was high, three-fifth of the health professionals had intention to leave their organization which might result great service quality compromization and decrease the responsiveness of the health institutions in the study area. Dissatisfaction with remuneration, working environment, work nature, low normative commitment and being unmarried were factors associated with health professional's intention to leave their working organizations. Therefore, hospital administrators, supervisors, and Healthcare policymakers need to emphasize on retention of health workers at their working organization by taking into account the above significant variables. Such as, through creating an attractive working environment and designing better benefit mechanisms.